Since I just have way too many pedals, I've decided to sell out some of them on a single page at a heavily discounted price!. Many of these were originally sold for up to $279 each. Once each one is sold, I will not be making any more available of each particular model, so it's first come first served. If you want to buy one (or several) just click the add to cart button below each one. All of them are hand made and most of them are built on veroboard. Price includes shipping in the contUSA.
Merlin Compressor (aka Engineer's Thumb):. This custom designed compressor uses the LM13700 chip (operational transconductance amplifier) for it's compression. It has alot of of controls for tweaking the amount and 'feel' of the compression that you're looking for. The OTA is working as a current-controlled resistor in the feedback loop of an FET opamp, reducing the contribution of OTA noise. The ratio control blends compressed and uncompressed signals, so its variable from zero to infinite ratio ( ie. limiting).IMO, it's an excellent compressor for use with bass guitars and has no loss of highs or lows, is quieter than a dynacomp and is a very transparent, smooth sounding compressor.
Gaussmarkov Dr. Boogie Dual Rectifier - This is a DIY boutique pedal build from Gaussmarkov. Using five JFETS (J201's) it's intended to sound like a mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (which it really does!) but I revoiced mine for bass and changed the freqs on the tone stack more to my liking. It can go from a medium overdrive to ridiculous amounts of sustaining fuzz/distortion. With no low end loss (now), it can also be bright, dark, mid scooped or mid bumped and anything in between,
Black Cat OD-1 (clone) : This pedal's circuit has been around under a few names, but is said to be "created based on the unique properties of the OP275 opamp". I didn't care for this pedal at all before I modded it. It was too dark, and had an ugly fizzy fade on the tail of the notes. So, I tried more than 20 different chips in it. The OPA2604 solved the fizzy fade issue, and then I changed all of the filters in it to brighten it up a bit. After the mods, it's a very good sounding overdrive for bass, but I wouldn't recommend a stock one.
The 'Brat': This one started out as a Landgraff M'OD, which is really a modified rat with three types of clipping (on the mini switch). I then modded it for no low end loss. since it's basically a rat, only modded for bass, I call mine a 'Brat' (short for bass/rat ). This might be the best sounding Rat type distortion pedal that I've ever heard on bass. It sounds awesome, and if you love a Rat on bass, you'll love this one.
Rockett Animal (clone): Another overdrive / distortion pedal from Rockett. This one is basically identical to the Blue Note but capable of of higher gain (more distortion). It makes an excellent overdrive for bass.
Rockett Blue Note OD (clone): The Rockett Blue Note is a low to medium gain overdrive that is pretty transparent. The basic circuit was designed by Brain Wampler. Then Rockett tweaked it to their own tonal voicing. Originally, it had a little low end loss but still sounded great with a bass (of course I ended up modding mine to fix that). The circuit is extremely similar to a Wampler Ecstasy/Euphoria so you can imagine that it's a very nice sounding pedal The' Hot' switch kicks in a bit more mids and gain for cutting thru..
MojoHand Iron Bell (clone): Another Big Muff derivative, but with a few twists. With a guitar, it's said to get the 'David Gilmour tone', and I agree that it does come very close. And it's also a very nice fuzz/overdrive for a bass The gain stages are tweaked differently than a standard BMP, plus has the addition of a 'colour' control that goes from nearly flat (CCW) to boosted mids and midbass (CW). It may have a tiny bit of low end loss, but it more than makes up for it with its thick, fat and smooth distortion,
MXR Custom Badass '78 Distortion (clone): MXR's CBA'78D is based on being a Keeley modded Boss DS-1., and then modded a bit further. It also has a crunch switch that removes an additional pair of 1N4148 clipping diodes for more dynamics & harmonics. Using a TLC2262 opamp instead of the usual JRC4558D, IMO, it's a very nice sounding distortion pedal. It has a tiny bit of low end loss with a bass but it's still very thick and fat sounding so I decided to keep this one completely stock
Zvex Distortron (modified clone): My second build of Zvex's Distortron, and I like it even better than my first one. This time, I not only modded it for bass use (lowered its 'voice'), but I also removed the 'crackle okay' from the drive control so when the gain is adjusted, there's NO noise. This one has the 2-1-3 subs switch and the LO/HI gain switch and it sounds awesome on bass.
BJFE Little Green Wonder (clone) : Another great sounding overdrive for bass. This one is similar to a tubescreamer circuit, but again, it doesn't sound anything like one. The newer ones use a TLC272 CMOS chip but I went with the earlier version LF353N chip for more headroom. The 'body' control is super cool, going from a fat, slightly scooped high gain drive (fully CCW), to a darker mid emphasized with less gain in the middle positions, to a brighter tone but still with alot of low end (fully CW). it can go from being clean to heavily overdriven. I also added a little more low end to mine, but the stock pedal sounds great too.
Earthquaker Devices Speaker Cranker (clone): This pedal was designed to simulate pushing a speaker cabinet into moderate distortion, and it does it very well. It also provides a slight amount of boost when cranked up. It's an excellent sounding pedal if you're looking fo something to give your bass and amp a slightly edgier, and more growly tone. This pedal was derived from the vintage Electra Distortion which is the same circuit that Southampton's 5th gear (V1) that came later.
Frantone Bassweet (clone): Fran Blanche used to work for and design pedals for Electro Harmonix so it's no surprise that this fuzz is based on a Big Muff but with quite a few changes made to it, including a pair of germaniun transistors in the dual distortion circuit. I has a TON of low end. I modded mine with a bypass-able mid control so I can run it 100% stock, or boost the midrange. I would consider it a heavy & thick fuzztone. As far as I know, they are no longer available are are pretty hard to come by these days.
Maxon Overdrive Pro OD820 (clone) : Some people refer to this one as the "Klon Killer" and, IMO, it IS an awesome overdrive pedal. It was excellent stock, but I modded my build slightly (just changed one capacitor) for even more low end. It uses a 2SK246 Jfets for an input buffer into two JRC4558D opamps. It also has an ICL7660S charge pump so the chips actually run on +9 and -9 volts for more headroom. A dual ganged 250K pot is used for the drive control, and this pedal can go from a clean boost to a heavy but smooooooth overdrive.
Hermida Zendrive (modified clone): The Zendrive is a VERY popular, highy acclaimed overdrive for guitarists and rightfully so. Two mosfet transistors and an LM2604 chip make this pedal extremely smooth and gorgeous sounding. The voice and tone controls allow a lot of tonal variation. I found the stock pedal to cut too much low end for use with a bass, so I added a 3 way bass boost switch to get it back. Now I can run it stock, or with two other low end options. I absolutely love this one.
MXR Envelope Filter (clone modded): MXR's first envelope filter, and IMO, they sound very good and are still many bass player's favorite. I etched a pcb for this one that is an exact clone and layout as the original. I did do one mod that was to add a depth control, but otherwise, it's completely stock.
BJFE Professor Deep Blue Delay (clone): Although this is a digital delay, it's voiced to sound analog and it's a great one. A very natural sounding digital/analog delay, with analog direct signal path. It has the same bandwidth as the classic tape echo units, and it can be used in front of an amplifier or in amplifier effects loops. It was specially designed to work well with distorted tone, since is the most critical application, where delays often fail. You can use the pedal before or after distortion. It also works exceptionally well on clean sounds where requirements are less stringent, especially in terms of echo bandwidth and repeat formation.
The delay tone was carefully tuned with lot of attention to the first critical reflection and how the repeats decay. Designed to work as an ambience delay; like that of a vintage tape The repeat formation was specifically designed to allow easy setting and less critical setting of delay time. Delay times range from 25ms (fully CCW) to 450ms (fully CW)
I will try to update this page as each of these pedals are sold,
